What I Love About Paris #3

the doors..

i find myself photographing

the doors of paris frequently..

i have many more to share i'm sure..

but i have to get packing!

tomorrow we leave for the french alps!

skiing!!

have a great week!

An Afternoon in Montmarte

oh montmarte..

how i need to get up

to see you more.

yesterday,

steve and i took the two 

little boys to montmarte

for the afternoon.

i love that i am a tourist..

but i live here!

it was a beautiful sunny day

here..and almost 50.

we walked some of the hilly,

windy streets and then stopped

at a cafe. we sat outside

and enjoyed the view.

a perfect sunday i think.

here are some pictures 

from montmarte

lovely shops..

inside and out.

can you see the dome of

les invalides?

view from our cafe seat

griff didn't want his picture

taken

eiffel tower gummy bears

tights, wool shorts,

a little fur..

this petite fille

has got it.

stylish french woman

ordering her poulet.

a great day in 

montmarte.

Always Smiling

the weather here yesterday 

was crazy!

i ran out to the market

and got caught in a hail/rain storm.

as i walked home in the pouring rain

and wind

i passed others struggling with their umbrellas.

i smile and laugh 

and get nothing in return.

it's so funny!

a few weeks ago at my local 

market,

my non-smiling grocer asked

me if i was american.

i said, 'of course! can't you tell?'

he said, yes..because you're always 

smiling.

:)

Here 

is my post from last 

Valentine's day.

happy valentine's day!

21 days

(a grumpy griffy)

it's been cold/windy/rainy here

in paris.

somedays we just want to

stay in all day and read books

in our jammies.

and speaking of books..

i'm just finishing up 

Grain Brain

by Dr. David Perlmutter.

first of all i am

proud to say that today

i am 21 days off carbs/sugar.

i lost 7 pounds

but more importantly 

i feel terrific.

i bought the book

after i was about two weeks into

my carb restriction

and this book has 

changed my life.

i was a total carboholic.

pasta and mashed potatoes

were comfort food for me.

croissants with my coffee..

walking home from the market 

with a baguette or two under my arm..

and pizza.

oh how we love our pizza.

let me also say that going off

carbs in paris is 

NOT easy!

(the sun!)

i can't say that i'll never eat pasta/bread/pizza

again..

but i will say that it won't be a part

of my daily diet.

now the real work begins..

converting my husband 

and kids.

i've been texting steve quotes

from the book..

:)

i believe in the saying that

it takes 21 days to start/stop a habit..

but i'll tell you that it took

only 3 days to get the carb cravings

out of my system.

i feel great!

i love this building on avenue rapp.

we always stop to admire it on

our way home from the library.

yes..

still a bit obsessed with

waterlogue.

A Fun Day at the Grand Palais

i've been taking a break from

the blog/instagram lately.

it's nice to step away from it for a while.

i finished reading the trilogy about

josphine bonaparte.

i can't wait to take a trip out

to Malmaison thanks to

Veronique and Elizabeth 's

suggestion!

it will be an easy trip by train..

just not sure if i should wait and 

go in the spring when the gardens

are blooming??

here are some pictures taken

at the Grand Palais over 

Christmas break.

the kids and i walked from our

house one cold and sunny day.

for a few weeks over Christmas,

the Grand Palais hosted an indoor

amusement park..

complete with ferris wheel rising

all the way to the top of the dome.

so fun!

view from the top of the ferris wheel

another view from the top..

looking out towards place de la concorde

and the petite palais.

hannah and will rode the

crazy mouse so many times

i had a little glass of bubbly

while we watched hannah and will

ride the swings.

i took a lot of pics of the

ferris wheel.

we stayed pretty late!

and rode the ferris wheel

again.

walking home

looking back at the grand palais

walking home towards 

les invalides

almost home.

 a great day!

and i may be the last 

to know about the new

waterlogue app. 

but wow..

so fun! 

i took this picture of

notre dame...

and voila!!

so cool!